Slide Sharing Made Easy: The Innovative SecondSlide Service

1. Slide Sharing Made Easy:
The Innovative SecondSlide Service
Chrystal Adams, Product Manager for SecondSlide
Steven Hashagen, Chief Architect for SecondSlide
9/30/2009

2. Agenda
• What is SecondSlide?
• How it works
• Key Benefits
• SecondSlide Value Proposition
• Clinical
• Research
• Education
• SecondSlide Demonstration
• Success Story
• Questions
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3. SecondSlide is a web-based service for pathologists
that enables the exchange of information such as
whole-slide and photomicrograph images, documents
and commentary.
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4. Digital Slide Sharing Service for Pathology
Fast Turnaround Time
Information reaches recipients in hours rather than days or weeks
Efficiency and Reduced Cost
Reduce shipping costs, travel time, and recuts
Multi-platform Capability
Compatible with a variety of whole-slide scanners and digital cameras
Overcomes IT Hurdles
Outbound connections eliminate need for firewall modifications
Single access point eliminates need to set up incremental access privileges
Superior Performance
State-of-the-art data center protects and serves sensitive data
Security
SecondSlide guards data integrity, confidentiality, and availability in compliance
with HIPAA privacy and security regulations
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5. SecondSlide works in a simple, secure way
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6. SecondSlide Functionality and Applications
Share Host Manage View Comment
Benefiting the clinical setting by improving turnaround time and
reducing costs for secondary consultation
Enhancing research through real-time collaborations with academic
and research colleagues
Bringing educators and students together through global digital
conferences, meetings, asset sharing. Educators are providing
anytime, anywhere access to students
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7. SecondSlide
Applications and Benefits
Application Description Benefits
Clinical- Share digital slides CONSULTANT: grow business; retain record; eliminate
Secondary with an expert (local glass slide “overhead;” realize faster TAT
Consultations expert or world- REFERRING PATHOLOGIST: reduce glass slide “overhead,”;
renowned expert) reduce risk of loss or breakage; engage in DSC with expert;
receive faster TAT; access sub-specialty expertise; gain
competitive advantage
IT: decrease risk—access requires out-bound connection only
PATIENT: receive faster TAT; select an expert
Education Share digital slide Archive and preserve personal slide collections
libraries for self- Share valuable, one-of-a-kind specimens
study, conferences, Link digital slides to publications
and lab assignments
Foster collaboration
Provide controlled access for conferences, text books, etc.
Exchange/share annotated teaching sets for education
Research Share slides with Allows sharing of slides without granting network access
collaborators privileges
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8. SecondSlide Demonstration
9/30/2009

9. Success Story: SecondSlide streamlines
the consultation process, improves turnaround time
Outcomes
•Increased satisfaction with the
consultation process
•Markedly improved TAT—reduced to
hours rather than weeks
•Made outside expertise more readily
available, no regard to geographical
borders
•Excellent image quality for viewing
consultation slides
Available @ www.secondslide.com
https://www.secondslide.com/downloads/SecondSlide-Success-Story.pdf
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10. What Others are Saying About SecondSlide
SecondSlide improves turnaround time for
consultations by eliminating glass slide logistics.
- Juan Rosai, MD
SecondSlide eliminated the need to ship glass slides,
effectively tearing down geographical borders and making
external expertise accessible in a reliable manner.
- Marcello Franco, MD (Sao Paulo, Brazil)
The image resolution of viewing slides on
SecondSlide was excellent.
- Juan Rosai, MD
SecondSlide provided a powerful mechanism for getting a
consultation in a matter of hours instead of the turnaround time of
days or weeks when glass slides are shipped.
- Javier Arias-Stella, MD (Lima, Peru)
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11. Summary
• SecondSlide is a digital slide sharing service for pathology
• It allows users to rapidly share slides in a secure environment using
outbound connections only
• It allows users to access to an easy-to-use, web-based slide hosting and
management platform, without having to maintain the software,
hardware, and other IT components
• It helps customers achieve numerous benefits
• Allows customers to get up and running almost instantly with sharing,
no purchase / implementation of an infrastructure required
• Share without providing network privileges to outsiders
• Provides an innovative mechanism for consultations
• SecondSlide guards data integrity, confidentiality, and availability in
compliance with HIPAA privacy and security regulations
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12. Start Sharing Today
Visit www.secondslide.com to sign up for your FREE account
Click here
to sign up!
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